Blog #148: I Miss India

Tonight after work I had a really fun time with Jolson and Sofi. We went to an improv comedy show at the Annoyance Theatre, which was absolutely hilarious, and then had an amazing dinner which was not Panda Express (@engels @luis). Even though we stayed up late talking and laughing and writing music, as I lay down for bed an overwhelming sense of isolation and sadness washed over me. I miss India. I'm not sure what exactly set me off, but I've actually cried a lot tonight about India and my friends there. I miss Govind and Sarah and Mary Alice and Leeann and everyone else and everything else and I don't have anything to do but cry about it. It's hard enough to miss the place and the people, but what makes it even more difficult is knowing that nobody around me understands exactly what I'm going through. It's a weird and complex set of emotions, and most people simply don't comprehend the level of attachment I have to the place and the people after only like four months. It seems like a relatively short period of time, so I just be able to move on, right? The truth is that even though my time there was short, there is literally a part of me that remains in India. I miss that part of me, I miss being surrounded by the friends I had there, and I miss everything else. A part of me is missing, and I'm really feeling that tonight.